Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper April 2017 challenge

This is my design card for my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper April 2017 challenge. Please click on the link to see the lovely inspirational designs by my team and we hope that you will use some of your patterned paper and join in our challenge ...all you have to do is make sure that you've used some patterned paper in your creation ... and you can enter as many times as you wish throughout the month.

I was commissioned by a friend to make this card - the background paper is some that I've had for a long time - I think it was part of a scrapbook kit. The paper with the punched borders was part of a magazine freebie. I used some paper to match the background to cut a mat for the sentiment that was printed and die cut using a todo die. Flowers, gems, bows and numerals from stash.

This is also for:

Cute card Thursday 471: warm colours/tones
Hiding in my craft room 295: monochromatic
In the pink 116: flower power
Creative carte blanche March: numbers
Die cuttin divas 310: anything goes using a die cut
City crafter 355: in bloom
Deep ocean 151: flowers everywhere
Try it on Tuesday (Tuesday taggers): botanical - flowers
Cupcake inspirations: happy birthday
Incy wincy: happy birthday
Not just cards 42: monochrome
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
Cards and more 10: anything goes with sentiments
Lil patch of crafty friends 54: anything goes
Artistic inspirations 175: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 152: anything goes
Lemon shortbread 38: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafty creations 338: anything goes
Crafty gals corner 116: anything goes
Creative inspirations 271: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 344: anything goes
Crafting with friends 40: anything goes
Creative fingers 127: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 182: anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld 6: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 45: anything goes

Word art Wednesday 276: anything goes

Inspiration destination 125: anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie wonderful Wednesday: anything goes

Be naughty ... save Santa the trip!

This is my card for my CHNC challenge extra for April 2017 - please click on the link to see the lovely inspirational crafting of my team and to find out what it's all about. I hope you will join in with the challenge.

It's also for my CHNC challenge 327 - please click on the link to see what it's all about and I hope you will join in with the challenge - it makes sense to get on with Christmas creations while there is plenty of time to enjoy doing so without any panic. The challenge is anything goes as long as it's Christmas with the option of 'something funny'. I chose this theme because this challenge starts on 1 April, which in the UK is April fool's day when folks play jokes on one another, so I thought it would be a good idea to have a bit of fun.

For my card I used Bugaboo Stamps Crabby Cathy Christmas - be naughty (retired), coloured digitally using Microsoft paint. The papers are from my offcuts box, candy canes, holly and poinsettia from stash.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 27: anything goes
Fab n funky 344: Christmas
Hiding in my craft room 294: any holiday
Merry Monday 241: red, green & white
The holly and ivy 2: anything goes Christmas
Christmas at sweet stampin March: anything Christmas goes
Pile it on 128: humour/puns
Catch the bug: April anything goes
The Bugaboo crafty challenge 3: anything goes with a Bugaboo image